Death’s Head upon a Mop-stick (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Death’s Head upon a Mop-stick

A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See Otomy.—He looked as pleasant as the pains of death.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Death Hunter * Deep-one

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